The 2007 Veterans Freestyle Wrestling World Championships was held in Istanbul, Turkey from August 3 thru August 5, 2007.

2007 FS Worlds Pictures by Don Apodaca

Roye is also the USAW 
"Athlete of the Week"

USA Vets Team:

• 2 WORLD CHAMPIONS

• 1 SILVER MEDALLIST

• 4 BRONZE MEDALLISTS

Ron Cole from Auburn, Washington and Roye Oliver from Oceanside, California 
are two great wrestlers, advocates, and ambassadors of wrestling.  

Ron's an Icon in the Vets ranks...search the archives and you'll find his name in just 
about every aspect of Vets wrestling.  Nice job Ron.

Roye coaches at one of Fallbrook HS in the San Diego area, and wrestles out of the 
No Mercy School of Wrestling...He's been involved as coach and wrestler for our
 National, World, and Olympic teams for decades...It's great to see one of our local 
San Diego Wrestlers bring home the Gold.  Roye, you'll have to bring the Gold to 
Otay Ranch on the 15th...

Congrats to our new World Champions and all the other medallists and participants.

• Friday August 3rd - Div B&E
  RON HUGHES (E-97kg), DON APODACA (E-85kg) IN SEMI FINALS
  Ron Cole - Gold , Shirzad Ahmadi - Bronze, Don Apodaca -  Bronze
  Great Job, 3 Medals in 5 weights wrestled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Saturday - August 4th - Div C&D
  Roye Oliver - Gold, Brad Swartz - Silver, Steve Barkman - Bronze, 
  Mark Black - Bronze

• Sunday - August 5th - Div A
  No Medallists

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USAW Article on Vets World Freestyle Competition

Turkish Federation Veterans Photo Gallery from 7/25/2007

Division A

• 58 kg/127.75 lbs. - Robert Jackson, Weaverville, N.C.
  5th Place
  

• 63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Kalhor Fadaiekalhor, Tarzana, Calif.
  Not sure Kalhor was able to make the trip, I don't see him in the results
  

• 69 kg/152 lbs. – John Short, Ogema. Minn.
  8th Place
  

• 97 kg/213.75 lbs.  – Ben McCrillis, Westbrook, Maine
  10th Place
  

Division B

• No USA Entrants

Division C

• 69 kg/152 lbs. - Ronald Hughes, Hollister, Calif.
  Unable to make the trip.
  

• 76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Brad Swartz, Auburn, Wash.
  SLIVER MEDAL

• 130 kg/286 lbs. – Jim Phils, Stanford, Calif.
  5th Place

Division D

• 63 kg/138.75 lbs - Steve Barkman, Bloomsbury, N.J.
  BRONZE MEDAL
  

• 69 kg/152 lbs. - Craig Johnson, Broomfield, Colo.
  8th Place
  

• 76 kg/167.5 lbs. – Mark Black, Santa Monica, Calif.
  BRONZE MEDAL
  

• 85 kg/187.25 lbs. – Roye Oliver, Oceanside, Calif.
  GOLD MEDAL - WORLD CHAMPION
  

• 97 kg/213.75 lbs. - Steve Shapiro, Santa Monica, Calif.
  Unable to make the trip.

Division E

• 63 kg/138.75 lbs - Shirzad Ahmadi, Coventry, Conn.
  BRONZE MEDAL
  

• (Added) 63 kg/138.75 lbs - Gerald Silva
  Finished 5th
  

• 69 kg/152 lbs. – James Lucas, Santa Cruz, Calif.
  Finished 9th
  

• 69 kg/152 lbs. – James Butcher, Richmond, Va.
  DNP in top 10
  

• 76 kg/167.5 lbs.(was listed as 85 kg/187.25 lbs) - Kenneth Peters, 
  Elmhurst, Ill.
  DNP in top 10
  

• 85 kg/187.25 lbs.(was listed as 97 kg/213.75 lbs.) - Donald Apodaca, 
  Huntington Beach, Calif.
  BRONZE MEDAL
  

• 97 kg/213.75 lbs. – Ron Cole, Auburn, Wash.
  GOLD MEDAL - WORLD CHAMPION

 

• Veterans 16th Freestyle Wrestling World Championships 
  August 3 thru August 5, 2007
  Istanbul, Turkey
  Style(s): Veterans Freestyle
  2007 Information: http://www.fila-wrestling.com/download07/cmvetll07.pdf
  

Weight	Wrestler	Club/Country
Division A (35-40) Gold - IRI (3), TUR (3), KAZ (1) Silver - BUL (1), ARM (1), GER (1), TUR (2), IRI (2) Bronze - IRI (6), RUS (2), AZE (1), GER (1), POL (1), BUL (1), UKR (1), IND (1)
127.75/58kg	1 - ISMAIL ZURNACI  2 - REMZI REBZHEB OSMAN  3 - JAHAR BAKHSH RASHIDI  3 - MIRI AZIZOLLAH  5 - SEVEVTUMYEROV ILIMDAR  5 - BOB JACKSON  7 - FARIKHT SHAIHOV  7 - RUDICH OLEH  8 - BORA SOKMEN	TUR  BUL  IRI  IRI  UKR USA  KAZ  UKR  GER
138.75/63kg	1 - KEMAL GAJIMAGOMEDOV  2 - SHEROYAN ARMENI 3 - GARMAEV DASHI  3 - GAFOR MIRZA ABASIPOR  5 - MOHAMMDREZA KAKEI  5 - MAKHANBETOV KARISBEK  7 - CEVDET EKINCI	KAZ  ARM  RUS IRI  IRI  KAZ   TUR
152/69kg	1 - FATIH OZBAS  2 - RAMAZAN AYDIN  3 - POUR YOUSEF VALLOLAH  3 - GULIYEV ROVSHAN  5 - M.MAGHIGHAT DOUST  5 - NADER MIRZAE  7 - GACANOV GASAN  8 - JOHN SHORT	TUR  GER  IRI  AZE  IRI  IRI  RUS  USA
167.5/76kg	1 - NARIMANI KAZEM  2 - ABDULMUTTALIP MELEK  3 - SEDAT DAGDEMIR  3 - KACHALAEV ALISULTAN  5 - SIAMAK MORSHEDISSAEIN  5 - VON GILLES  7 - SAHVERDIYEV OQTAY  8 - JANKOVICS PETER  8 - MOZPINO JONATHAN  10 - KENGO SUZUKI	IRI   TUR   GER  RUS  IRI   FRA  AZE  HUN  ITA  JPN
187.25/85kg	1 - ALI REZA RAHMATI 2 - HASSAN JAFARAIAN 3 - FARAMARZ DELAVARI  3 - ANDRZEJ KOSCIELSKI  5 - DESKOULIDIS PARASKEYAE  6 - BEKIR OKUMUS  7 - MARCUS BLUHM  8 - DEMENTYEV DMYRO  9 - NASER NAZAR  10 - GHOLAMREZA KARMALI	IRI  IRI  IRI  POL  GRE   TUR  GER  UKR  IRI  IRI
213.75/97kg	1 - HALNIR ALI MOHAMMED 2 - METIN KILIC  3 - STOYNOV NIROLAY  3 - VELIYEV ELKHAN  5 - ZADNEPRYANNYY SERGEY  5 - RANDHIR SINGH  7 - MEHDI SARIJLOO  8 - SAVAS BAS  9 - KULDEEP SINGH  10 - BEN MCCRILUS	IRI  TUR   BUL  UKR   KAZ   IND  IRI  TUR  IND  USA
286/130kg	1 - TAHIR YILMAZ  2 - H.AZARPIRA  3 - JASPAL SINGH  3 - ALI REZA SAFARI  5 - MOHAMMAD REZA  5 - COOPER MARUT	TUR   IRI  IND  IRI  IRI  GBR
Division B (41-45) Gold - IRI (6), GRE (1) Silver - TUR (2), RUS (2) IRI (1), ROM  (1), UKR (1) Bronze - TUR (4), IRI (2), FRA (1), BUL (1), RUS (1), LAT (1), UKR (1), JPN (1),  KAZ (1)
127.75/58kg	1 - ESMAEL YOOSEFZADEH 1 2 - MEHMET SARIKAYA  3 - SULEYMAN KENGER  3 - BEREZOV ALAN  5 - GURMEET SINAH  5 - BATSEV SAYAN  7 - MASAYOSHI NAKAMURA  8 - LE METAYER MARTIAL	IRI TUR TUR UKR IND RUS JPN FRA
138.75/63kg	1 - HOSSEN BAGHBAN SHEMRAN  2 - HASSEIN NEJAD MOGHADDAM 3 - FRA CONTE JEROME 4 - TUR HACI KUCUKSARAC	IRI  IRI  FRA  TUR
152/69kg	1 - KHAN MOHAMMAD ZADEH N. 2 - REMZI KURT  3 - KOSTIREV ALEKSEJ  4 - SENDOGAN ATALAY	IRI  TUR  LAT  TUR
167.5/76kg	1 - ATAANASIADIS IOANNIS  2 - KURAMMAGOMEDOV MAGOMED  3 - IRAJ MORADI  3 - ZAHIR SAHIN  5 - LAKATOS GYOZO  5 - YUSUF AKKURT  7 - TILAGONE LATRICK  8 - IVLEV VITALY	GRE  RUS  IRI  TUR HUN TUR FRA  RUS
187.25/85kg	1 - NEJADI SAMAD  2 - GASYMOV MIRADAM  3 - GEORGI GEORGIEV  3 - IGOR ZADNEPRYANNYY  5 - NASSER AFRASHTEBA  5 - SELAHATTIN AVSAR  7 - MEHMET TURKAYA  8 - STOYAN KONSTANTINOV STOYANOV  9 - KOJI TAKAHASHI  10 - ZAPRYAGAEV VASILY	IRI RUS  BUL  KAZ  IRI  TUR  TUR  BUL  JPN  RUS
213.75/97kg	1 - JIRSARAEI AKBAR ALI  2 - KORYTNYI VADYM  3 - HOSSEIN DOVESTONI  3 - YUGAWA HIDEMITSU  5 - UXUMBAYEV ANUAR  5 - SADOLLAH MANSOUR  7 - YOUSOF TOURABI  8 - ZIYA KAYA  9 - EROL YILDIRIM  10 - IGORS SLAKTERS	IRI  UKR  IRI  JPN KAZ  IRI  IRI  TUR  TUR  LAT
286/130kg	1 - ROUDBARI A.  2 - BALLAI ALEXANDRU  3 - EYUP UNLU  3 - IMDAT ERTEN  5 - DUSHYANT SHARMA  5 - RAMONOV EDUARD  7 - EVERT ANTTI  7 - ALI KHALAJ  8 - ALLAH YARI A.	IRI  ROM  TUR  TUR  IND  RUS  EST  IRI  IRI
Division C (46-50) Gold - IRI (3), ARM (1), AZE (1), LAT (1), TUR (1) Silver - RUS (2), TUR (1), JPN (1), USA (1), IRI (1), UKR (1) Bronze - IRI (5), GER (2), RUS (1), MDA (1), TUR (1), HUN (1), SUI (1)
127.75/58kg	1 - MAGHSOD HASSAN NEJAD 2 - YAKUP OZDEN  3 - H.ALI JAMSHIDI  4 - RASHIDI KHOSRO  5 - ELDAR HABIBOV	IRI  TUR   IRI  IRI   AZE
138.75/63kg	1 - HOVHANNISYAN ZHORA  2 - SUSUMO HASHIVRA  3 - ADZIEV RUSLAN  3 - BEDRETTIN SEVINC  5 - HUSEYIN KAPLAN  5 - PELTIER FABRICEV  7 - FIKRI CINAR	ARM  JPN   RUS   TUR   TUR   FRA  TUR
152/69kg	1 - POOR YUSUF ESMAEL  2 - BIKBULATOV ZAKIY 3 - KARAM ALI RASTGO 4 - ACHERKAS ALEXANDR 5 - HOSKINS TREVOR	IRI   RUS  IRI  RUS  GBR
167.5/76kg	1 - ALI KHAJAVI 2 - BRAD SWARTZ 3 - DARNSTEDT MATTHIAS 3 - DADASHI VADOLAH 5 - PETERKEN NICHOLAS  5 - WIETZKE THOVSTEN  7 - HORMOZ ALMASI  8 - OMER ERSOZ  9 - MEHMET ALHAN  10 - RUSTAMOV AGASTOV  DNP - ASHOK KUMAR DNP - TUNEZ EDOUARD	IRI  USA  GER  IRI  GBR   GER   IRI   TUR  TUR  AZE   IND FRA
187.25/85kg	1 - KRAPIVIN OLEG  2 - KAZAKOV NIKOLAY  3 - BABEI ZEANOLABEDEN  3 - JASZKAI ISTVAN  5 - PUVI PEETER  5 - MAHMUD DEZYANIAN  7 - KAPOSTS ANDRIS  8 - NECATI TEMEL  9 - AZARYAN LYOVA  10 - IBRAHIM BOZDAG	AZE RUS  IRI   HUN  EST  IRI  LAT  TUR   ARM   TUR
213.75/97kg	1 - SHMYGAREV AMDREY  2 - SHARGHI ROZBEH  3 - GRAUR VICTOR  3 - GACHOUD JEAN DANIEL  5 - TANZIROV YAKUB  6 - KRAVTSOV ALEXEY	LAT   IRI  MDA  SUI  RUS  RUS
286/130kg	1 - NURI AYIK  2 - POKATILO SERGEY  3 - RALF LENZ  3 - AFRASHTEH AKBAR  5 - JAMES PHILLS  6 - SADEGH NAZARI  7 - FOLDESI ISTVAIV  8 - BONATAKIS NIKOLAOS  9 - SHADIMANOV KEMAL	TUR  UKR  GER  IRI   USA  IRI HUN  GRE   RUS
Division D (51-55) Gold - TUR (1), IRI (2), GER (1), USA (1), IND (1), UKR (1) Silver - TUR (2), BUL (1), RUS (1), GBR (1), GER (1), IRI (1)  Bronze - IRI (5), KAZ (2), FRA (2), USA (2), TUR (2), CZE (1)
127.75/58kg	1 - KAMIL OZDAG 2 - MEHMET SELMAIOV MEHMEDOV  3 - HOSSEN MAHTAB  3 - LIM YEVGENIY  5 - ALIS BESHARTI  5 - YUSIFOV MOBIL  7 - CHIMITDORZHIEV MUNKO  8 - MALTSEV SERGEU  9 - MEHTIYEV AHMET	TUR  BUL  IRI   KAZ  IRI  AZE  RUS   RUS  AZE
138.75/63kg	1 - TOURANIAN HOSSEIN  2 - SEMENOV BORIS  3 - AUREL YVIS  3 - STEVE BARKMAN  5 - ALI AKKAYA  5 - SERIF OZDEN	IRI  RUS   FRA  USA  TUR  TUR
152/69kg	1 - POCHER EHRHARD  2 - HAWTHORN JAMES  3 - JAN PATRIDK  3 - SUPHI SOGANCI  5 - HAMZEHBAKHSHI  5 - M.KIANPOUR  7 - HASAN IMAMOGLU  8 - CRAIG JOHNSON	GER   GBR  FRA   TUR   IRI   IRI  TUR  USA
167.5/76kg	1 - M.KOUSHANFAR  2 - RADESTOCK BERND  3 - MARK BLACK  3 - MUSTAFA BEKTAS  5 - DREEV KHAZBI  5 - ARUSTAMYAN VLADIMIR	IRI  GER   USA  TUR   RUS  RUS
187.25/85kg	1 - ROYE OLIVER  2 - BEKIR SAHINAL  3 - PRESI MICAN  3 - RAHIM ABOFI  5 - HEVBECT SAUM  5 - MUSTAFA BALCI	USA   TUR  CZE   IRI  GER   TUR
213.75/97kg	1 - KARTAR SINGH  2 - GHADRI JAMSID  3 - OMAR SANARGALIEV  3 - ALI PISHVA  5 - AHMET KARABULUT  6 - ABBAS MOHAMMAD SADEGH	IND IRI  KAZ  IRI  TUR  IRI
286/130kg	1 - MANUCHARIAN 2 - AYHAN TASKIN  3 - PARVIZ ARSHADI  3 - KHAN HOSSEIN GHOLAMI  5 - ROYAL KUNDAN  5 - DABAGHZADEH KAMENEA	UKR  TUR  IRI  IRI  GBR  IRI
Division E (56+) Gold - IRI (2), Ger (1), USA (1) Rus (1), TUR (1), AUS (1) Silver - RUS (2), GEO (1), USA (1), GER (1), IRI (1), BUL (1) Bronze - IRI (3), USA (1), HUN (1), GER (3), UKR (1), ROM (1), RUS (1), GEO (1)
127.75/58kg	1 - CHIRKOV VIKTOR 2 - KIM VLADIMIR  3 - DAVOD SALARVAND  4 - SALNIKOV VALENTIN	RUS  RUS IRI  RUS
138.75/63kg	1 - ZAMANI KHOSROW  2 - AFRLKANOVVICTOR  3 - M.AMIR KANLOO  3 - SHIRZAD AHMADI  5 - GERALD SILVA  5 - DOBORIZINIDZE ROIN  7 - GORETZKI RICHARD  8 - ALI SHOSHTARI  9 - SINGH AMRIK  10 - MARGARYAN VANIK	IRI  RUS  IRI  USA  USA  GEO  GER  IRI  GBR  RUS
152/69kg	1 - ISMAIL KOSUKOGLU  2 - LAZISHVILI AHZOTI  3 - HABEB RAZMANDAN  3 - ZASZKAI IMRE  5 - ALI REZA ZIAEIPOUR  6 - IHOR KOROLKOV  7 - MAMIZADEH FATAHI  8 - PARVIZ GHARAEISHIRAZ  9 - JIM LUCAS  10 - VEITKO TIMO  DNP - MUKADDEM TASGIT DNP - DZHABRAILOV GEBERT DNP -JAMES BUTCHER	TUR  GEO  IRI  HUN  IRI  UKR  IRI  IRI  USA  FIN TUR RUS USA
167.5/76kg	1 - DAVID MCINTYRE  2 - RZEDZICKI SBIGNIEW  3 - RITTER LEO  3 - ZBOROVSKYI IEVGENII  5 - ALI TOK  6 - R.FATTAHI  7 - BADRUDINOV MAGOMED  8 - HASAN BEHNOD  9 - TSARAEV ALIMBEG  10 - URGESHPAYEV MRYZAGEREY  DNP - ALI DEHOHAN DNP - KENNETH PETERS DNP - GAPSTICK ROLAND  DNP - FERONE SALVATORE	AUS GER  GER  UKR TUR  IRI  RUS IRI RUS  KAZ IRI USA GBR ITA
187.25/85kg	1 - JOZLOWSKI SIEGTRIED  2 - ALI SIAHPOSHT  3 - DONALD APODACA  3 - KHLEBNIKOV DMITRIY  5 - ALI ZERAATI  6 - VEKLIKH ANATOLI  7 - YAROSHENKO NIKOLAV  8 - UZSZASZI JOZSEF  9 - URTAEV BORIS  10 - MIHALYI ARPAD  10 - BEUNUVHAMBETOV MUKHANGALI  10 - OSOVIN SAVLIY	GER  IRI  USA  RUS  IRI  KAZ  RUS  HUN  RUS  HUN  KAZ  RUS
213.75/97kg	1 - RON COLE 2 - AMBRUS LUBOVIC  3 - SCHMELZER ERHARD  3 - ARTUR SAMMET  5 - ROOSNURM MATI  5 - YUSUPOV GAIRKHAN  7 - SKAHMOHAMMADI A.  8 - HAYRI POLAT  9 - SADEGH IMANI	USA ROM GER GER EST  RUS  IRI  TUR  NED
286/130kg	1 - M.REZA FATHI 2 - GOSPODIN PETROV 3 - GOGLICHIDZE ESTATE 4 - DZITIEV VLADIMIR	IRI BUL GEO RUS